#C5AD38#C5AD38

#C5AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AD38
RGB	rgb(197, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -4.03, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 60.28, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0171 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6852, 42.0450, 9.8184)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AD38 #3850C5

analogous

#C56638 #C5AD38 #97C538

triadic

#C5AD38 #38C5AD #AD38C5

tetradic

#C5AD38 #38C566 #3850C5 #C53897

square

#C5AD38 #38C566 #3850C5 #C53897

split-complementary

#C5AD38 #3897C5 #6638C5

monochromatic

#66591D #95832A #C5AD38 #D4C167 #E1D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C5AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C5AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AD38

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AD38	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac576',
    500: '#c5ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ad38;
$custom-light: #dac576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AD38

secondary

#8C97CD

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AD38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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